Electronic device and method for providing user interface thereof

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for providing an User Interface (UI) are disclosed. The method for providing a User Interface (UI) in an electronic device according to the present invention, the method may includes receiving a request for provision of the UI, collecting information for configuring the requested UI, classifying the collected information according to a first criterion so as to generate a plurality of pages, hierarchizing the generated pages and arranging the layers according to a second criterion so as to form a multilayer UI and providing the formed multilayer UI as the requested UI.

1 . A method for providing a User Interface (UI) in an electronic device, the method comprising:
 receiving a request for provision of the UI;   collecting information for configuring the requested UI;   classifying the collected information according to a first criterion so as to generate a plurality of pages;   hierarchizing the generated pages and arranging the layers according to a second criterion so as to form a multilayer UI; and   providing the formed multilayer UI as the requested UI.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the UI has a three-dimensional (3D) format and includes at least one of a main menu UI or a specific function request UI. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the specific function request UI includes at least one of a channel list UI, a favorite channel list UI, a recording list request UI, a reserved recording list request UI, a channel browser UI and a broadcast guide UI. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein each of the layers configuring the multilayer UI is hierarchized by a disaprity between left image data and right image data of a page corresponding to the layer. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the layers configuring the multilayer UI are different in degree of clearness. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the layers configuring the multilayer UI are different in at least one of size and color. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the layers configuring the multilayer UI are configured such that at least parts of the IDs of the layers overlap each other, for convenience of access to another layer. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the first criterion and the second criterion are set by the user or are automatically set according to a predetermined criterion and include at least one of a date, a genre, a time, a favorite and a user ID. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 8 , wherein, when a user selects a specific item or page, detailed information of the selected item or page is provided as an individual UI and the individual UI is hierarchized and provided based on layer information of the previously provided multilayer UI. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , wherein, if a specific function is being performed, the electronic device provides a 3D indication UI indicating that the function is currently being executed, and the provided 3D indication UI includes at least one of a thumbnail image and title information in the form of a film. 
     
     
         11 . An electronic device for providing a User Interface (UI) comprising:
 a reception unit configured to receive a request for provision of the UI;   a control unit configured to collect information for configuring the requested UI, classify the collected information according to a first criterion so as to generate a plurality of pages, hierarchize the generated pages and arrange the layers according to a second criterion so as to form a multilayer UI; and   an output unit configured to provide the formed multilayer UI as the requested UI.   
     
     
         12 . The electronic device according to  claim 11 , wherein the requested UI includes at least one of a main menu UI or a specific function request UI and the control unit configures the UI in three dimensions (3D). 
     
     
         13 . The electronic device according to  claim 12 , wherein the control unit configures at least one of a channel list UI, a favorite channel list UI, a recording list request UI, a reserved recording list request UI, a channel browser UI and a broadcast guide UI as the specific function request UI. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic device according to  claim 13 , wherein the control unit controls a disparity between left image data and right image data of a page corresponding to each of the layers configuring the multilayer UI so as to control hierarchization. 
     
     
         15 . The electronic device according to  claim 14 , wherein the control unit differently controls degrees of clearness of the layers configuring the multilayer UI. 
     
     
         16 . The electronic device according to  claim 15 , wherein the control unit differently controls at least one of sizes and colors of the layers configuring the multilayer UI. 
     
     
         17 . The electronic device according to  claim 15 , wherein the control unit configures the layers configuring the multilayer UI such that at least parts of IDs of the layers overlap each other, for convenience of access to another layer. 
     
     
         18 . The electronic device according to  claim 11 , wherein the control unit sets the first criterion and the second criterion by the user or automatically sets the first criterion and the second criterion according to a predetermined criterion, and include at least one of date, genre, time, favorite and user ID. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic device according to  claim 18 , wherein, when a user selects a specific item or page, the control unit provides detailed information of the selected item or page as an individual UI, and the individual UI is hierarchized and provided based on layer information of the previously provided multilayer UI. 
     
     
         20 . The electronic device according to  claim 19 , wherein, if a specific function is being performed, the control unit provides a 3D indication UI indicating that the function is currently being executed, and the provided 3D indication UI includes at least one of a thumbnail image and title information in the form of a film.